Container Leaks Oil At Port

DIGEST

February 15, 1993|Staff reports

Boat workers were evacuated from a ship at Port Everglades on Sunday after a container aboard the vessel started leaking oil at 10:20 a.m., fire officials said.

Fire units from the Port Everglades Fire Department and hazardous materials teams from the city of Hollywood and Broward County fire departments responded. The Coast Guard temporarily closed a nearby section of the Intracoastal Waterway.

The leaking container was aboard the Sea Wolf, which was docked at Pier 33.

The container held etheline oxide and a synthetic lubricating oil, said Bruce Williams, a dispatcher with the Port Everglades Fire Department.

The oil did not leak off the ship, he said.

The container was removed from the vessel, and fire officials were examining its contents.